LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

The fourth and sixth of Johnny Tillotson's seven MGM albums, issued on CD for the first time ever and mastered directly from Johnny's own original mastertapes.

Collectively, these two albums show that Johnny was more than capable of maintaining a career in the face of the rise of Beatlemania.

Mostly recorded in Nashville and New York and featuring songs by writers of the calibre of Paul Evans, P.F. Sloan, Wayne Carson Thomspon and Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller, this adds up to a lot of classy mid 60s American pop that can stand strong against Ace's earlier Tillotson 'twofer's.

There's a strong market out there for Johnny Tillotson, a true living legend of the late 50s and early 60s who released his first single in 1958 and who is still out there, touring and singing, to this day.

Only three of the 24 tracks have appeared on Ace CDs before.

Track listing:

• 1. ONE'S YOURS, ONE'S MINE
• 2. ONE RED ROSE
• 3. JUST AS LONG
• 4. I NEVER LOVED YOU ANYWAY
• 5. STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
• 6. OUR WORLD
• 7. (WAIT TILL YOU SEE) MY GIDGET
• 8. YOU FORGOT TO SAY I LOVE YOU
• 9. I'LL BE SEEING YOU
• 10.ANGEL
• 11.HOW HIGH THE MOON
• 12.RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADYHERE I AM"
• 13.MAKE THIS TRAIN
• 14.DON'T TELL ME IT'S RAINING
• 15.LONG HAIR COMMITTEE"
• 16.STONE BLUES MAN
• 17.CLING TO ME OR YVETTE CLING TO ME"
• 18.HERE I AM"
• 19.ROUND IN CIRCLES
• 20.TAKIN' IT EASY
• 21.DEAFENING ROAR OF SILENCE
• 22.TOO MANY TIMES"
• 23.COME BACK WHEN YOU GROW UP
• 24.TOMMY JONES